Getting the “munchies” after using marijuana isn’t just in your head. It’s a real biological phenomenon that could hold important, real-world implications for people suffering from conditions associated with appetite loss, according to a new study that also identified some of the most commonly desired food items while high.
Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Calgary sought out to investigate the well-known cannabis experience, which is often comically portrayed in media as a hunger-inducing side effect that’s coupled with copious consumption of Doritos and other unhealthful snack foods.
While that might be how some people manage the munchies, the appetite stimulation associated with cannabis has the potential to meaningfully help people with serious health conditions, the researchers said in the study, which was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The human clinical trial involved 82 volunteers aged 21 to 62. Participants were randomly assigned to vape either 20 or 40 milligrams of cannabis, or a placebo for the control group, and were assessed to determine what kind of factors might impact the appetite effect. The study also involved similar assessments using a rat model.
“Cannabis acutely and robustly increases energy
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